Means for facilitating the production of footwear by factory methods



Oct. 15, 1929. a K. DRESSEL 1,731,738

MEANS FOR FACILITATING THE PRDUCTIQN 0F FOOTWEAR BY FACTORY METHODSFiled July 18, 1927 v 6 n b J XM F UR v I I Hugs 4 Patented Oct. 15,1929 UITED STATES KARL DRESSEL, or

P TE ToFF-ICE Earner, GERMANY Application filed July 18, 1927, SerialNo.

This invention relates to an improved method of and means forfacilitating the production of foot wear by factory methods and has forits object a reduction of the time occupied by manufacture.

In the production of shoes by factory methods, wooden trays or frames ofthe most varied type have been used for many years, said trays beingintended to take from to pairs of shoes. The purpose of these trays was,however, merely to serve as a means of transport for a certain number ofshoes, and consequently said trays had no direct relationship to themanufacture it- 1 self. The progressive scientific knowledge inmanufacturing procedure demands, however, the most complete andconvenient combination of the articles to be produced with all thenecessary tools and accessories 20 for one or more specific stage inmanufacture in order to save the workman unnecessary and time wastingmethods of procedure. With this ob]ect, however, it is necessary to usetrays to take individual pairs of shoes, as only in this way is itpossible to make sufficiently ample provision for all tools andappliances and also the necessary material corresponding to theproduction in one definite working procedure of se the progressivecompletion, so that each workman may be able to carry out his specialwork without loss of time and pass the frame and its contents on.

The invention consists in an improved method for facilitating theproduction of footwear and is characterized by that the whole of thematerial necessary for the pro duction of a pair of boots or shoestogether with the requisite accessories and the tools 40 required forthe various working processes are arranged in a tray which is passedaccording to a predetermined sequence from.

one workman to another, one form of said tray comprising a base board, aframe on said base board, four uprights mounted at the corners of saidbase board and secured to said frame, an upper frame mounted on saiduprights and staves arranged as a grid to support the accessories andtools and to act as a handle for sa d'tray, said tray in 206,6 73,and inGermany August 27, 1926.

some cases beingprovided with indicia and means for 'simplifyingtransport.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective View of one form of tray, and

Fig. 2 is a section through the line A-'A of Fig. 1. I

Aswill be seen, the tray consists of a baseboard a, which is enclosed onall sides by a frame 6. In the four corners ofthis frame four uprights0, are erected, which uprights carry the upper frame d} This frame isprovided with longitudinal staves 6, arranged I in a gridlike manner,which serve to take the lasts and also tacked'on shoes and,at the sametime, to act as a handle. At the front of the tray is the crossbatten 7which with the front part of the frame b forms a pocket 9 to take cardsand the like accompanying the tray. In addition, a plate It is arrangedon the front side, for a special reference mark distinguishing theframe. With a view to the box being easily moved, two slide battens 2'are arranged under the bottom board. All edges of the mouldings arerounded off in order to permit of comfortable handling and to preventmarks of pressure on the shoes.

The choice of the material from which the tray is produced is optional.According to the working conditions therefore, use may be made of wood,sheet metal, iron, etc.

As already mentioned, the drawing shows one method only of putting theinvention into effect. The particular method of constructing the trayitself is directed by the purpose for which it is intended; forinstance, trays for ladies half shoes may be of lighter material andthinner construction than those intended for boots.

The use of the single pair tray is obvious; in the rooms for thepreparatory work the work itself, the necessary tools to be used,including the lasts, and the materials such as rivets, buttons, solesetc. are placed in the tray in such way that each workman in turn findswhat he requires and, after carrying out his duties, can pass on thewhole tray withcontents to his successor in the work of completion, andso on.

The transition from collective transport trays to single pair traysrepresents in the industry concerned a considerable technical advance inthe field of economic manufac- 5 ture as it reduces the Working time toa small fraction of that hitherto spent.

I claim 1. A tray for carrying out the improved method of producing footWear comprising a base board, a frame on said base board, four uprightsmounted at the corners of said base board and secured to said frame, anupper frame mounted on said uprights, staves arranged as a grid tosupport the accessories and lasts and to act as a handle for the trayand a cross batten on the front of said tray to form a pocket andadapted to removably receive an, indicia bearing card. 2. A tray forcarrying out the improved method of producing foot ear comprising a baseboard, a frame on said base board, four uprights mounted at the cornersof said base board and secured to said frame, an upper frame mounted onsaid uprights staves arranged as a grid to support the accessories andlasts and to act as a handle for the tray, and a cross batten forming apocket at one end of the tray, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

' KARL DRESSEL.

